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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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