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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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