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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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