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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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