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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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