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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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