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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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