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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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