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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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