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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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