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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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