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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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