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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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