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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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