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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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