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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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