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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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