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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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