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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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