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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education