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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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