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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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