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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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