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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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