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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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