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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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