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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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