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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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