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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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