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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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