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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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