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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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