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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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