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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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