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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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