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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning enable people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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