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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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