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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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