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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also studies the most important 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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