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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the 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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