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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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