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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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