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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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