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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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