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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What 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 teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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