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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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