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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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