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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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