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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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