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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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