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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning enable people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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