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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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