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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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