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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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