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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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