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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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