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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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