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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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