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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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