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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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