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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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