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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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