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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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