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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the 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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