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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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