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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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