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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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