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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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