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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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