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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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