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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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