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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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