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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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