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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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