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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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