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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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