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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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