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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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