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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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