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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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