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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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