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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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