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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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