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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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