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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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