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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. 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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