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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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