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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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