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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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