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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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