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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the 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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