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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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