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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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