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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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