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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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