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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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