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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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