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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources