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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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