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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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