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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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