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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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