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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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