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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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