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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education are empowering students all around the world to take online classes. 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 online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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