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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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