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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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