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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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