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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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