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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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