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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning enable learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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