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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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