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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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