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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational ventures. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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