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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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