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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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