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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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