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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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