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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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