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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students 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 many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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