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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important 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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