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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. 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. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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