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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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