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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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