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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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