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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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