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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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