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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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