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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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