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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning have enabled learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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