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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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