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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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