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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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