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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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