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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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