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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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