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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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