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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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