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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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