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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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