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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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