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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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