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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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