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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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