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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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