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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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