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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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