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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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