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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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