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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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