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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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