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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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