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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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