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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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