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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs)