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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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