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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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