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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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