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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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