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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. 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 online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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