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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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