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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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