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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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