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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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