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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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