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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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