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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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