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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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