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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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