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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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