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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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