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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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