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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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