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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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