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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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