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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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