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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning have empowered humans all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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