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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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