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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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