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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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