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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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