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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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