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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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