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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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