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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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