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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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