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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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