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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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