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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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