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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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