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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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