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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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