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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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