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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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