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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take classes online. 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 MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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