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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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