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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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