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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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