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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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