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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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