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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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