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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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