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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. People want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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