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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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