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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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