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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high 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 prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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