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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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