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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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