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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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