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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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