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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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