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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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