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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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