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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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