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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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