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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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