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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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