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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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