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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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