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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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