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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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