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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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