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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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