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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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