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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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