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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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