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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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