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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major 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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