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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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