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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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