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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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