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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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