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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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