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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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