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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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