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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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