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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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