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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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