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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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