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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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