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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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