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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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