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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in digital education technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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