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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to understand these new open education initiatives. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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