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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are empowering students all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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