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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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