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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always 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 online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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