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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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