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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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