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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand these significant new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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