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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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