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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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