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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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