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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the 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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