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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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