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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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