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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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