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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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