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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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