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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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