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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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