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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key 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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