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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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