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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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