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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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