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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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