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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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