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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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