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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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