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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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