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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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