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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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