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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning enable students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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