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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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