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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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