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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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