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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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