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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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