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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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