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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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