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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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