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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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