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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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