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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major 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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