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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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