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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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