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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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