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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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