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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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