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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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