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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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