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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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