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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the 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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