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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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