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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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