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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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