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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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