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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the 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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