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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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