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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models 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 in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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