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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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