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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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