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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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