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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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