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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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