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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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