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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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