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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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