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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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