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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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