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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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