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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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