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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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