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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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