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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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