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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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