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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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