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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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