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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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