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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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