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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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