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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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