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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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