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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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