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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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