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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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