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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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