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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the 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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