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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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