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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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