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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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