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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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