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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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