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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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