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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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