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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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