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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 several topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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