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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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