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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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