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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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