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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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