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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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