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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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