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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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