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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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