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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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