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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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