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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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