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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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