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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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