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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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