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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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