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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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