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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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