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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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