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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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