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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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