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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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