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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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