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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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