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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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