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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes online. 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 massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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