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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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