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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key 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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