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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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