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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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