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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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