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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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