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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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