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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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