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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major 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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