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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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