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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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