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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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