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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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