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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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