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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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