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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology enable learners all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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