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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. Recent advancements in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. 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. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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