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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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