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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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