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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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