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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the major 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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