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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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