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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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