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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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