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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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