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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. 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. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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