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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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