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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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