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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning are empowering learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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