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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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