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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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