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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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