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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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