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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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