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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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