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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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