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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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