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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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