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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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