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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important 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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