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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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