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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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