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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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