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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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