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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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