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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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