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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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