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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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