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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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