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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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