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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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