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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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