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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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