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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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