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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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