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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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