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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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