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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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