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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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