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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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