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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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