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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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