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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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