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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key 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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