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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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