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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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