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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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