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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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