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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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