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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have empowered humans all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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