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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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