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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand these new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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