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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the 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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