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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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