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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology enable learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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