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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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