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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning enable students all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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