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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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