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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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