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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education