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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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