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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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