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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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