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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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