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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of 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 elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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