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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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