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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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