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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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