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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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