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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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