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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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