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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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