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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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