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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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