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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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