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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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