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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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