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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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