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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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