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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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