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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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