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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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