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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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