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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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