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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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