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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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