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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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