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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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