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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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