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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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