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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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