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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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