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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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