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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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