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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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