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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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