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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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