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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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