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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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