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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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