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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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