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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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