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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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