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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive these open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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