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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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