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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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