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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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