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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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