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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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