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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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