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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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