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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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