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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Anguilla to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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