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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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