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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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