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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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