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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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