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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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