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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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