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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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