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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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