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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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