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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education enable learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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