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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand these new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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