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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning are enabling humans all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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