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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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