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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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