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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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