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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better grasp these open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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