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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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